# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026, Regulation 3: Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)


In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “enforcing officer”—
(i) omit the definitions of “fuel” and “fit and proper person”,
(ii) insert—
““fish farm” has the meaning given by section 166 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010,
“fit and proper person” means a person SEPA considers to be a fit and proper person having regard to guidance published under regulation 66(1)(e),
“fuel” means any solid, liquid, or gaseous combustible material,”,
(b) before the definition of “harm to the water environment” insert—
““harm to the Scottish marine area” means—
(a) harm to the health of human beings or other living organisms,
(b) harm to the quality of the Scottish marine area, including—
(i) harm to the quality of the Scottish marine area taken as a whole,
(ii) other impairment of, or interference with, the quality of aquatic ecosystems or terrestrial ecosystems directly depending on aquatic ecosystems,
(c) offence to the senses of human beings,
(d) damage to property, or
(e) impairment of, or interference with, amenities or other legitimate uses of the Scottish marine area,”,
(c) in the definition of “pollution”—
(i) omit “, or cause offence to any human sense,”,
(ii) after “quality of the environment,” insert “cause offence to any human sense,”,
(d) before the definition of “SEPA” insert—
““Scottish marine area” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/55/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-3
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